PhotoActive - Episodes Tagged with “Aperture”

Episode 156: The Rescue Mission with Derrick Story

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0800

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking the photos on your old hard drives are perfectly safe. But are they really? Our guest Derrick Story needed to extract 200,000 images saved in Apple’s discontinued Aperture software on an old Drobo storage array. Using a combination of an old MacBook that could run Aperture and modern software like Peakto for organizing the extracted images, he was able to restore them all.

Guest:

Derrick Story

Hosts:

Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon

Show Notes:

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The Digital Story (Derrick’s site, newsletter, podcast, photography, and more)
The Rescue Mission (Medium Guest Link)
Peakto
Mylio
Episode 144: Wrangling Libraries with Matthieu Kopp

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Episode 144: Wrangling Libraries with Matthieu Kopp

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700

If you’re like Jeff and Kirk, you probably have multiple photo libraries spread across your disks. Whether it’s because you use several editing apps, or some libraries are tied to outdated applications (RIP Apple Aperture), you don’t want to lose track of all those photos. This week, Matthieu Kopp of CYME joins us to talk about converting and managing multiple libraries using CYME’s utilities Avalanche and Peakto, and why both tasks aren’t as simple as you might think.

Guest:

Matthieu Kopp, CYME

Hosts:

Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon

Show Notes:

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Our Snapshots:

Jeff: Greg Williams Photo Breakdowns: The Stories Behind 100 Portraits
Kirk: Kindle Scribe

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Episode 132: The Best Focal Length

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:00:00 -0800

Perhaps you’ve heard that there’s an ideal focal length that is the closest approximation to the human eye. Or perhaps you’re a purist who can’t imagine shooting anything but a 50mm prime. In this episode, Jeff and Kirk dig into these preconceptions and talk about how focal length affects your photography.

Hosts:

Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass

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Episode 107: Simulated vs. Optical Background Blur

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

You shot a lovely portrait and realized later that the background could benefit from some artistic blur. It used to be that if you didn’t get it in camera, you were stuck. But now it’s possible to recreate that blur using AI features in software later. Or, if you captured the shot using the iPhone’s Portrait Mode, you can edit the effect whenever you want. Is the software option really worth doing?

Hosts:

Jeff's website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram
Kirk's website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram
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Our Snapshots:

Jeff: Green Extreme batteries
Kirk: Expert Shield screen protector

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Episode 93: P Is for Professional

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 28 May 2021 02:45:00 -0700

Do you capture photos using your camera’s automatic modes, or do you shoot using manual settings? Jeff and Kirk debate both approaches, looking at situations where each is appropriate and clarifying which features constitute “auto” modes.

Hosts:

Jeff's website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram
Kirk's website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram
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Show Notes:

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Our Snapshots:

Jeff: Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/ Tablet/ Smartphone Teleprompter
Kirk: Spring Is Not Cancelled, David Hockney and Martin Gayford

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Episode 71: The Exposure Square

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700

You may be familiar with the Exposure Triangle for determining exposure in photos, which is made up of ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. In this episode, Kirk explains that it's actually an Exposure Square we need to consider. We also discover the limits of Jeff's knowledge of film photography terms, since his photographic experience is almost entirely digital.

Hosts:

Jeff's website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram
Kirk's website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram
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Show Notes:

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Episode #8: Gordon Laing on Taking Great Photos In Camera
ISO (Wikipedia)
Aperture (Wikipedia)
Weegee (Wikipedia)
Why Your Camera Makes Airplane Propellers Look So Weird, Resource Magazine
Episode #70: One-Light Portraits with Sandra Coan
Video call quality: webcam vs iPhone vs DSLR, by Jeff Carlson
How to look your best on a video call, by Jeff Carlson

Our Snapshots:

Jeff: Dazzne Video LED Lights
Kirk: Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

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Episode 28: Low-Light Photography

Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0800

The winter months are dark for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, so how do you create good photos in dimly lit environments? Your camera wants to make the best exposure possible, but in low-light situations, that can lead to long shutter speeds and blurry camera motion. Kirk and Jeff cover the many options for dealing with dark scenes in this episode.

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